Imaginarios sociales de ciudad en un escenario de creación colectiva desde los objetos geométricos

Abstract

This document addresses the approach and development of an interdisciplinary research project, which investigates the social imaginaries of a group of fifth and sixth grade students from Liceo Dimitri Mendeleiev School (located in Soacha, Cundinamarca), regarding the idea of the city. These imaginaries are manifested through a collective creation exercise that allows their representation through the construction of a city model, which takes as reference the geometric objects present in the curriculum of these grades, according to documents issued by the Ministerio de Educación Nacional (MEN). The research conducted is qualitative in nature and is guided by phenomenology as the methodology that directs the entire process. The research reveals social imaginaries of the city, which are manifested through feelings of insecurity and fear, as well as the importance of spaces for worship, promoting fun, and also spaces that guarantee economic sustainability. Within the instituting social imaginaries, there is a clear need expressed by children to govern cities, independent of the need for adults in governance, as well as to generate habitable and safe spaces, and finally the idea of an environmentally sustainable city that promotes a healthy life.